Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. – Joel Siegel I know, your Aunt Sally died. I know, Uncle Henry lived for years with his cancer. I know, your friend Melinda was mis-diagnosed and had treatment she didn’t […] Read more »

Week 2 / August 27 – September 1 continued (Italicized = original journal from day one) What did I do to cause it? What should I have done differently? What do I do now? Can I trust again? Can I be healthy again? This unwanted, non-focusing mantra played for a long time in my head. […] Read more »

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man’s heart. ~Francesco Guicciardini One’s suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields – even to sadness. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate Any emotion, if it […] Read more »

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss I just had one of those revelations that you try to work on but usually miss. I have always believed I was honest and up front with people. I have now learned […] Read more »

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Dr. Alexis Carrel All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James Thurber In my quest to let go of some old patterns I am aware now that they go […] Read more »